Slow Optional Intro Melodion; Ukes - One Downstroke Only

COPPERHEAD ROAD

Steve Earle

(Slow optional intro – melodion; ukes - one downstroke only)

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Well [D] my name's John Lee [G] Petti-[D]more [D] / [G][D] /

[D] Same as my daddy and his [C] daddy be-[D]fore [D] / [G][D]

You [D] hardly ever saw grand-[G]daddy down [D] here [D] / [G][D]

He [D] only come to town about [C] twice a [D] year [D] / [G][D]

He’d buy a [D] hundred pounds of yeast and some [G] copper [D] line [D] / [G][D] /

[D] Everybody knew that he [G] made moon-[D]shine [D]/[G][D]

Now the [G] revenue man wanted [C] granddaddy [G] bad

He [D] headed up the holler with [G] everything he [D] had

It’s be-[G]fore my time, but [C] I've been [G] told

He [D]¯ never come back from Copperhead Road

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Now [D] daddy ran the whiskey in a [G] big black [D] Dodge [D] / [G][D] /

[D] Bought it at an auction at the [C] Mason's [D] Lodge [D] / [G][D] /

[D] Johnson County Sheriff painted [G] on the [D] side [D] / [G][D]

Just [D] shot a coat of primer then he [C] looked in-[D]side [D] / [G][D]

Well [D] him and my uncle tore that [G] engine [D] down [D] / [G][D]

I [D] still remember that [G] rumblin’ [D] sound [D] / [G][D] /

Then the [G] sheriff came around in the [C] middle of the [G] night

[D] Heard momma cryin’ that [G] something wasn't [D] right

He was [G] headed down to Knoxville with the [C] weekly [G] load

You could [D]¯ smell the whisky burnin’ down Copperhead Road

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I volun-[D]teered for the army on [G] my birth-[D]day [D] / [G][D] /

They draft the [D] white trash first, ‘round [C] here any-[D]way [D] / [G][D] /

I done [D] two tours of duty in [G] Viet-[D]nam [D] / [G][D] /

[D] I came home with a [C] brand new [D] plan [D] / [G][D] /

I take the [D] seed from Columbia and [G] Mexi-[D]co [D] / [G][D] /

I just [D] plant up the holler down [G] Copperhead [D] Road [D] / [G][D] /

Now the [G] D.E.A.'s got a [C] chopper in the [G] air

I [D] wake up screamin’ like I’m [G] back over [D] there

I [G] learned a thing or two from [C] Charlie don't you [G] know

You [D]¯ better stay away from Copperhead Road

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[D] / [G][D] / [C][G] / [D]¯ [G]¯ [D] Copperhead

[D] Road / [G][D] / [C][G] / [D]¯ [G]¯ [D] Copperhead

[D] Road / [G][D] / [C][G] / [D]¯ [G]¯ [D]¯